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A Reader's Digest Poll: Trusting In What May Happen In 2003
Canadians Trust 2003 Will be Good Year for Their Families
Canadians Also Optimistic Regarding Outlook for Jobs/Economy in 2003
However, Many Canadians Don't Think World Will Be a Safer Place During Coming Year -
Safe Injection Sites In The Lower Mainland
Six-in-Ten (61%) Support a Safe Injection Site in the City of Vancouver; Majority (55%) Thinks Site Will Improve Drug Problem in Downtown Eastside
Six-in-Ten (63%) Prefer Multiple Sites to a Single Site (19%)
Strong Majority (81%) Supports Mandatory Treatment; Much Lower Support for Age Limits (39%) or Providing Free Drugs (41%)
Half (50%) of Lower Mainland Residents Outside City of Vancouver Would Support a Site in Their Own Municipality -
What Younger Canadians (18 to 34) Want As Gifts This Holiday Season for the World and Themselves
World Peace (36%) Tops Global Wish List, Spending Time with Friends/Family (14%) and Personal Happiness (14%) Top Emotional Wish List, While a New Car (19%) Top Material Gift Wish List
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Four in Ten (41%) Say Liberals The Party That Would Provide `Best Overall Government for Canada'
Followed by Canadian Alliance (15%), Progressive Conservatives (13%), and NDP (10%)
Alliance (26%) Tops the List as Party that Would Provide the `Worst Overall Government for Canada', followed by the NDP (22%), the Liberals (19%), and the Tories (12%)
In Individual Policy Areas, Liberals Seen as the Party that Would Do the Best Job -
BC Political Scene
BC Liberal (44%) Support Stable as NDP (31%) Reaches Five Year High; Green Party (17%) and BC Unity (5%) Trail
MacPhail (49%) Continues to Lead Campbell (37%) in Job Approval
Federal Liberals (35%) Still Party to Beat in BC; Alliance (25%) and NDP (22%) Battling for Second Place
Joe Clark (51%) Tops Other Federal Leaders in Job Approval -
Searching For Online Health Information The Number One Online Activity In Canada
Two-Thirds Of All Online Canadians Have Visited A Health Website, Up From 55% In 2000
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Majority (53%) of Canadians Say Gun Registry Should be Scrapped
Despite Issues with Gun Registry, Federal Liberals (41%) Remain Most Popular Party
While Conservatives (17%), Alliance (16%), NDP (12%) and Green Party (6%) Trail Behind -
Eight in Ten (82%) Canadians Approve Romanow Recommendation of $15 Billion Infusion into Healthcare Over Three Years Even If It Takes All Projected Budget Surplus
But Support Drops to 52% When Told This Would Leave Little Surplus for Improving Other Areas Such As Post-Secondary Education or the Military
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Three Quarters (74%) Of Canadians Say It Is Reasonable That Governments Develop A Plan For Healthcare System Within 100 Days Of The Release Of The Romanow Report
However, Confidence Is Mixed On What Such A Plan Will Deliver.
Almost All (97%) Canadians Say it is Important that Governments Actively Involve Heath Care Professionals in Developing Plan to Renew Health System